Genk 5-0 Fola Esch: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 26 July 2018

Result

Genk 5-0 Fola Esch

Europa League · Thursday 26 July 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Genk 5-0 Fola Esch: match report

Genk defeated Fola Esch 5-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 26 July 2018. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Ruslan Malinovskyi opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Genk's goals came from Ruslan Malinovskyi (4'), Alejandro Pozuelo (19'), Leandro Trossard (25'), S. Dewaest (28') and Leandro Trossard (73', penalty). Fola Esch did not score.

Discipline: Genk received no yellow cards; Fola Esch received 3 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Genk lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fola Esch in a 3-4-3.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Peter ChrappanFola Esch
  • 4'Goal · Ruslan MalinovskyiGenk · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Alejandro PozueloGenk · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · Leandro TrossardGenk · 3-0
  • 28'Goal · S. DewaestGenk · 4-0
  • 56'Yellow card · V. MuharemovićFola Esch
  • 73'Penalty goal · Leandro TrossardGenk · 5-0
  • 80'Yellow card · S. HadjiFola Esch

Team news

Genk line-up (4-3-3)

Nordin Jackers, Bojan Nastic, Sébastien Dewaest, Jhon Lucumí, Edon Zhegrova, Alejandro Pozuelo, Sander Berge, Joakim Maehle, Ally Samatta, Leandro Trossard, Ruslan Malinovskyi

Fola Esch line-up (3-4-3)

Thomas Hym, Cedric Sacras, Gérard Mersch, Mehdi Kirch, Peter Chrappan, Rodrigue Dikaba, Veldin Muharemović, Ryan Klapp, Julien Klein, Ken Corral, Samir Hadji